Word: genericism
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...also indicated that the AIDS treatment programs would soon save roughly 40 percent of the cost of anti-retroviral drugs, thanks to the recent Food and Drug Administration fast-tracked approval of a generic AIDS drug...
Obviously the Disney people hoped to accomplish a similar sort of generic revivification for younger children with One Magic Christmas, which is about a little girl's attempt to get her dour mom (Mary Steenburgen) into the holiday spirit. The child is given a guardian angel and Santa Claus as helpers, but the script lacks a clear narrative line, the supporting cast is woefully weak, and Director Borsos' touch is too heavy for the light fantastic. --By Richard Schickel
...book, “Omaha Blues,” Joseph Lelyveld ’58 purposefully resists the memoir category, instead subtitling the text a “memory loop.” The framework of this generic rechristening helps Lelyveld avoid some of memoir’s more obvious traps, self-indulgence among them, but it is fundamentally less than honest: “Omaha Blues” is still a memoir, and only a fair one at that...
Exposing the soulless corporate world through cinematic social commentary has proven successful for many a twisted and mordant movie. Gary Burns’ “waydowntown,” an independent film set in the bustling, generic Canadian metropolis of Calgary, is yet another such success...
...agree with the author that the administration could learn a lot from HRSFA—Harvard students need unique orginzations with interesting activities, not more generic social activities where getting drunk is mistaken for having...